Chin molder



May 4, 1937.

5. J. WlLSO N CHIN MOLDER Filed June 25, 1935 [/v VE/VTOR 654 MA d. M/u.\SO/V Patented May 4, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHIN MOLDER SelmaJ. Wilson, Santa Monica, Calif.

Application June 25,

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a device for treatment or massage of the lowerportion of the face, commonly referred to as the chin. Herein the termfchin is used in its broader sense as being that portion of the facewhich covers or includes the lower jaw, instead of the more limitedmeaning wherein this term is used to indicate the point of the jaw orthat portion below the mouth. Accordingly, hereinafter the use of theterm chin is intended to mean the overlying bodily tissue and skin alongthe side of and under the lower jaw bone of the human anatomy.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device which willmassage the chin with a rolling action, thereby correcting anyunevenness or sagging tendencies of the chin, and hardening andstrengthening the flesh and muscular structure of the chin, therebymaintaining the youthful and natural contour of the face, and

avoiding the tendency, as occurs with the improper application ofmassage, to cause sagging of the lower part of the face.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of the abovecharacter having a 5 roller member of soft, resilient material shaped toconform to the chin, together with means for manipulating the same in amanner to roll it from one side of the chin, across the point of thechin, and to the other side thereof.

It is a further object of the invention to provide in a device of theabove character a roller of soft material, such as sponge rubber, havinga peripheral groove intermediate its ends, the bottom of the groovebeing formed by a rounded wall merging into the walls of the larger endportions of the roller, and being proportioned so as to fit the ridge ofthe chin o-rjaw, it being meant by the term ridge that sharply roundedportion of the chin connecting the side of the face with the undersurface of the chin or hollow of the chin.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a. device of thischaracter having a handle and means of simple form for supporting theroller so that it may rotate on an axis diagonally disposed withrelation to the axis of the handle, thereby enabling the operator tohold the handle in a substantially upright position during the use ofthe device.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device of the abovecharacter in which the handle is disposed at an acute angle relative tothat portion of the axis of the roller which passes through the bulbousportion of the roller so that when the 55 handle is held in asubstantially upright posi- 1935, Serial No. 28,263

tion, the bulbous portion of the roller will be in a position to lie inthe hollow of the chin.

. Further objects and advantages of the invention will be brought out inthe following part of the specification.

Referring to the drawing, which is for illustrative purposes only,

Fig. 1 is a view indicating the manner in which the invention may beused.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the device drawn to enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on a plane represented by the line 33 of Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section showing the manner in which the axlepins or pivots engage the roller structure.

As shown in Fig. 2, the preferred form of the invention comprises aroller it molded from a soft yielding material, such as sponge rubber.This roller, however, may be made from harder material if desired. It isformed so as to have a pair of major and minor end portions II and i2separated by an annular depression or channel I3. The surface Id of thebottom of the peripheral channel 13 curves gradually and merges withsurfaces 15 and I6 leading to the enlarged end portions II and I2.

The end portion ll may be said to constitute a bulbous head portion ofsuch size as to fit snugly into, or conform to, the under part of thenormal chin where it curves into the neck. The form of the portion H issubstantially a truncated prolate spheroid based on a sphere indicatedby dotted lines ll, and the portion [2 is substantially a frusto-conoidbased on a cone shown in dotted lines l8, these parts II and I2 beingjoined by a neck or shank 20 which constitutes that portion of theroller within the channel 13.

The axis A-A of the roller Ill coincides with the axis of the cone [8and a diameter of the sphere ll. Extending through the roller It on theaxis A--A is a metal tube 2| which serves as a reinforcement for theroller l0 and also provides sockets or openings 22 at each end of theroller [0 for engagement by a means for supporting the roller so that itmay be rotated in accordance with its method of application hereinafterdisclosed.

The supporting means for the roller l0 comprises a frame 23 preferablyconsisting of a slender rod or wire bent to form arms or branches 24 and25 which extend upwardly or outwardly from a handle 26 in divergingrelation, as shown.

The ends 27 of the branches 24 and 25 are bent inwardly toward eachother so as to lie on the axis A--A which is disposed at an angle to theaxis BB defined by the handle 26. In addition to the branches 24 and 25being so shaped as to provide a desired angle of the axis AA relative tothe axis BB, they are also so formed that the axis BB will approximatelypass through the small enlarged end [2 of the roller ID. The inwardlybent ends 21 of the branches 24 and 25 project into the sockets oropenings 22 provided by the ends of the metal tube 2|. These ends 21therefore act as shafts or trunnions on which the roller I!) may rotateas it is applied to the chin in the manner shown in Fig. l.

The utility of the device is not only that of a means for massaging andtherefore reforming the chin which has sagged or has lost its sharpdefinition due to accumulation of fat tissue, but

also of a means for keeping the flesh and muscles of the chin in reducedand solid condition so that sagging or deformation thereof will be re'sisted for a maximum period of time. As shown in Fig. 1, the handle 26is of a size to be held in one hand 29 in a nearly upright position. Theroller ll], being disposed on a diagonal axis relative to the handle,will bein a position for its proper application to the chin 36, with thebulbous portion II thereof lying in the hollow of the chin, the channelor neck I3 thereof over the ridge 3| of the chin, and the upper endportion [2 resting against the portion of the chin above the ridge 3|.By movement of the hand 29 back and forth as indicated by arrows 32 and33, the roller l may be made to traverse the chin from a point adjacentone ear, across the point of the chin, to a point adjacent the oppositeear. The massaging effect is by a changing application of pressurerather than by a pulling or stretching of the tissues. The bulbousportion H of the roller definitely bears against the under portion ofthe chin and fits into the hollow thereof, while at the same time theridge and upper portion of the chin are respectively engaged by the neckor shank 2B and the smaller conical enlargement E2 of the roller l0.

Although I have herein shown and described my invention in simple andpractical form, it is recognized that certain parts or elements thereofare representative of other parts, elements, or mechanisms which may beused in substantially the same manner to accomplish substantially thesame results; therefore, it is to be understood that the invention isnot to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accordedthe full scope of the following claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A chin massaging device comprising a roller elongated in thedirection of its axis, said roller having an annular channel adjacentone end thereof dividing the roller into major and minor end sectionsmerging with said channel in a continuous curve, said channel being ofsufiicient depth and curvature to engage the ridge of a human chin, saidmajor section of the roller being substantiallj a truncated prolatespheroid and adapted to engage the under portion of the chin, said minorsection being substantially a frusto-conoid with the base thereofconstituting an end of the roller and. adapted to engage the portion ofthe chin above the ridge, and means to support said roller in operativeposition.

2. A chin massaging device comprising a resilient roller elongated inthe direction of its axis, said roller having an annular channeladjacent one end thereof dividing the roller into major and minor endsections merging with said channel in a continuous curve, said channelbeing of suflicient depth and curvature to conform to the shape of andengage the ridge of a human chin, said major section of the roller beingsubstantially prolate spheroidal and adapted to conform to the shape ofand engage the under-portion of the chin, said minor section beingsubstantially frusto-conoidal with the base thereof constituting an endof the roller and adapted to conform to the shape of and engage theportion of the chin above the ridge, and means to support said roller inoperative position.

3. A chin massaging device comprising a resilient roller elongated inthe direction of its axis, said roller having an annular channeladjacent one end thereof dividing the roller into major and minor endsections merging with said channel in a continuous curve, said channelbeing of sufficient depth and curvature to conform to the shape of andengage the ridge of a human chin, said major section of the roller beingsubstantially prolate spheroidal and adapted to conform to the shape ofand engage the under-portion of the chin, said minor section beingsubstantially frusto-conoidal with the base thereof constituting an endof the roller and adapted to conform to the shape of and engage theportion of the chin above the ridge, and a handle disposed at an acuteangle relative to the axis of said roller for supporting the roller inoperative position.

SELMA J. WILSON.

